Ash-sifter.



c. MARTIN. ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.2. 1915.

Patented May 11, 1915.

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TED STA CARL MARTIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AfiH-SIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Application filed March 2, 1915. Serial No. 11,625.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL MARTIN, a subject of the German Empire, and aresident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Sifters, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y

My invention relates particularly to improvements in ash sifting scoopsor shovels.

The object of my invention is to provide an implement which is adapted"to be used, in the manner of the ordinary scoop or shovel, in removingashes from a stove or furnace or in charging the same with coal, andwhich is constructed to permit of sifting out the unburnt coal from theash and of separately discharging the materials from the implementwhereby to save the unburnt particles of fuel.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aperspective view of an implement embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same showing the hinged mouth partially open,and Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of a modified form thereof.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the due of combustion has beenremoved from ward extremities, in any suitable manner, to

the lip or front edge 6 of the mouth piece. The rear extremities of therods 5 pass freely through openings 7 formed in the back wall at adistance above the lower edge thereof. In the modification shown in Fig.3, wherein the body is made in the form of a shovel, the inner ends ofthe rods 5 are supported in openings 7 formed in a plate 8 which extendstransversely across the upper portion of the body near the back and issecured to the sides thereof.

The sifter bars are inclined from the mouth of the shovel or scooptoward the back so as to partially sift the materials while theimplement is being filled. After the load of ash and unburnt coal isremoved the instrument is slightly shaken whereby to complete thesifting. The hinged mouth is opened either by striking it against theedge of the receptacle into which the ash is to be dumped or otherwise,and the ash and coal are discharged into seperate receptacles so as tosave the fuel.

Various changes may be made in the instrument without departing from thescope of my invention and I do not, therefore, restrict myself to theprecise construction herein shown and described, except in so far as Iam limited by the claims.

lVhat I claim is:

1. An implement comprising a body having a movable mouth and a siftersecured at. one end to the mouth and having its other extremity freelysupported in the implement so as to be movable with the mouth.

2. An implement comprising a body hav- 7 ing a movable mouth and asifter secured at one end to the mouth and having its other'extremityfreely supported in the implement so as to be movable with the mouth,said sifter being inclined from the mouth toward. the back of theimplement.

3. An implement comprising a body having raised sides and back, a mouthhaving lateral flanges pivoted to the sides of the body and adapted tobe swung toward and away from the body, a plurality of sifter barspivotally secured at their front ends to the mouth and having their rearends freely supported in the body at a point above the bottom thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL MARTIN.

Witnesses:

LESTER T. DELLENI-IOEFER, GnAon M. RIVIERE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

